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How to set the management heartbeat interval in Minecraft

Set status-heartbeat-interval=30 in server.properties and restart the server. The management server sends clients a status heartbeat every 30 seconds.

status-heartbeat-interval

Sets how often, in seconds, the management server sends status heartbeat notifications to connected clients.

status-heartbeat-interval=<value>

Examples

status-heartbeat-interval=30

Send a heartbeat every 30 seconds.

Arguments

valueRequired
The value to write after the equals sign.

What it does

Used by the management protocol. 0 turns the heartbeat off.

Good to know

  • Changes take effect after a server restart.

Run it on your server

On a SLASHPLAY server, type it in the Console tab without the leading slash; in game, operators type it in chat with the slash. New to this? Start a Minecraft server first.

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